Elisha asks:
When explaining Bereishit 13:10, R Yochanan uses the pasuk by shimshon (shoftim 14:3) to draw a connection between "et einav" to immorality. Why can't it just rely on the previous pasuk for that by potifar's wife (39:7) which which says "she raised HER EYES" which would make the connection to immorality, instead of having to use another pasuk to reach us that. Thank you
Elisha Yagudayev , Flushing, United States of America
The Kollel replies:
Shalom Rav,
Granted, Rebbi Yochanan could have learned "Einav" from Potifar's wife. Nevertheless, he chose to learn it from Shimshon as a matter of style, in order to learn each word from a different source.
B'Virchas Kol Tuv,
Eliezer Chrysler